Ezra 7:6

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6 This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a ^ascribe skilled in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all ¹he requested ^bbecause the hand of Yahweh his God was upon him.

Ezra 8:22

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22 For I was ashamed to ask from the king for a military force and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “^aThe hand of our God is upon all those who seek Him, for their good, but ^bHis strength and His anger are against all those who ^cforsake Him.”